Cardiac Day Unit Admin Officer
| Posting date: | 20 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £25,272.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25272.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 June 2026 |
| Location: | Darlington, DL3 6HX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9439-2627-525 |
Summary
To validate waiting lists, ensuring that departmental and Trust targets are met. Identify any patient who may breach waiting time targets and take appropriate action to escalate this to the Unit Manager. Receive and handle information regarding referrals to the service and deal with them within Trust or departmental timescales Ensuring that appointment schedules are regularly reviewed to ensure the best use of resources and that waiting times are minimised. Ensuring that no patients are lost to follow up. To deal with telephone enquiries, taking and conveying messages appropriately To sort incoming mail and prepare outgoing mail for posting Make appointments and, give non-clinical advice as directed, taking necessary action for the call to be handled as quickly and efficiently as possible. Ensuring procedure reports are formulated and distributed to the appropriate clinician/GP. Ensuring clinical notes are ready, to ensure the smooth and effective provision of patient services. Liaise with secondary care staff, laboratories and GP surgeries to obtain patient test results and where necessary ensuring they are correctly assigned to patients and chase up any outstanding reports not received Maintain an up to date filing and archive filing system, disposing of archived patient records according to Trust Policy. Transmit electronic mail, photocopy documents and circulate information within Trust or departmental timescales Enter data onto necessary databases according to service requirements. Use database/spread sheets to collect and formulate data on a monthly and annual basis or as required. Order and maintain adequate levels of stationery and supplies. Booking interpreters using CARDEA. Maintain electronic patient systems on a daily basis, ensuring visits, discharges, and patient information is accurately recorded. Any other duties, appropriate to the grade, at the request of the Unit Manager. Provide administrative support as appropriate to the grade to the wider departmental secretarial team. The post holder may be required to undertake the role of Information Asset Administrator or Information Asset Owner to provide support for the control and administration of information assets